Total Crime Rate

190.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 190.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 160.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.2 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cavendish Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Kingswinford South , and the 84th highest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cavendish Close (DY6 9PR) in the last 12 months was 190.8 per 1,000 residents and was 411.9% higher than the Kingswinford South average (37.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 332.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cavendish Close (DY6 9PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Arlington Close, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pine Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cavendish Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Compton Drive Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Arlington Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cavendish Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Stream Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Stream Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Arlington Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Arlington Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Arlington Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Arlington Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Compton Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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